12.5% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3340, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3340, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in postcode 3340 since 2011, though unpaid care remains a common part of life here. While volunteering has dropped, the number of people providing unpaid care has risen to 13.7% since the last census.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, dropping 5.6 percentage points to 12.5%. This figure is now much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 30.6% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid care is also higher than most areas, and about 21.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
13.7% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in 3340, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3340/3340-vic/topic/community